16 AUGUST (Monday) Glacial Sediment
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1 Presented By: U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Detroit District Great Lakes Hydraulics and Hydrology Office With Support from the Great Lakes Commission 16 AUGUST (Monday) Glacial Sediment 9:00 9:30 Introduction (Jim Selegean Class overview Great Lakes Tributary Modeling Program 9:30 10:30 Identification of Glacial Sediment (Grahame Larson Glacial (till) MSU Geology Dept.) Glaciofluvial (outwash) Glaciolacustrine (bedded sands, silts and clays) 10:30 10:45 BREAK 10:45 12:00 Identification of Glacial Sediment (continued) (Grahame Larson Glacial (till) MSU Geology Dept.) Glaciofluvial (outwash) Glaciolacustrine (bedded sands, silts and clays) 12:00 1:00 LUNCH while traveling to field site 1:00 6:00 Interpret Glacial Sediments in the Field (Grahame Larson Glacial (till) MSU Geology Dept.) Glaciofluvial (outwash) Glaciolacustrine (bedded sands, silts and clays) 7:00 Icebreaker at hotel (Bayshore Resort) Informal gathering to eat, drink and get to know your classmates. (833 East Front Street, 49684, (800) )
2 17 AUGUST (Tuesday) Fluvial and Pond Sediment 8:00 10:00 Introduction to Fluvial and Pond Sediment (Faith Fitzpatrick USGS, Madison) 10:00 10:15 BREAK 10:15 12:15 Identification of Fluvial and Pond Sediment (Faith Fitzpatrick Fluvial Features USGS, Madison, WI) Field identification Depositional Environment Information gleaned from this sediment Misc field tests/methods 12:15 1:00 LUNCH while traveling to field site 1:00 6:00 Interpret Fluvial/Pond Sediments in the Field (Faith Fitzpatrick Visit Boardman Pond Drawdown USGS, Madison, WI) - Tributary delta - Impoundment delta - Floodplain
3 18 AUGUST (Wednesday) Terraces and Aeolian Sediment 8:00 10:00 Introduction to Terraces and Aeolian Sediment (Kevin Kincare US Geological Survey) 10:00 10:15 BREAK 10:15 11:15 Identification of Terraces (Kevin Kincare Geomorphology US Geological Survey) Terrace types and significance Field identification Depositional Environment Sediments and bedding types Misc field tests/methods 11:15-12:15 Identification of Aeolian Sediment (Kevin Kincare Geomorphology US Geological Survey) Aeolian deposit types and significance Field identification Depositional Environment Sediments and bedding types Misc. field tests/methods 12:15 1:00 LUNCH while traveling to field site 1:00 6:00 Interpret Terraces/Aeolian Sediments in the Field (Kevin Kincare Visit Manistee River terrace sites US Geological Survey) Visit aeolian sand sites Visit quiz site
4 19 AUGUST (Thursday) Modern Sediment Sources and Sinks 8:00 9:00 Sources of Sediment (Jim Selegean Sediment Production Raindrops and entrainment Benefits of a closed forest/vegetation Incision and channel evolution Dam removal Constructing a Sediment Budget Sources (bank erosion, overland runoff) Sinks Data sets Corps guidance Generalizations about urban, agricultural and forested watersheds Historical sediment supplies (Pre-European settlement to present) 9:00 10:00 Sediment: The Good and the Bad (Travis Dahl The influence of sediment on: Fish and benthic invertebrates Flooding, erosion, stream stability Dams and hungry water The importance of soil on: Rates of production Rates of denudation 10:00 10:15 BREAK
5 19 AUGUST (Thursday) CONTINUED 10:15 11:15 Chronostratigraphic Techniques (Faith Fitzpatric Applications USGS, Madison, WI) Short-lived vs. Long-lived Isotopes (Cs 137, Pb 210 and C 14 ) Optically Stimulated Luminescence (OSL) 11:15 12:00 Overview of Field Site (Jim Selegean 12:15 1:00 LUNCH while traveling to field site 1:00 6:00 Field identification of fluvial sediment sources and sinks and the examination of other items of fluvial significance on Boardman River. Canoes will put in at Ranch Rudolph and take out at Brown Bridge Dam. Trip will pass through impoundment delta and the wedge of incision created by a partial draw-down. We will examine the composition of the point bars, bed and banks and discuss the significance of these features.
6 20 AUGUST (Friday) Dendrochronology and Dendrogeomorphology 8:30 9:30 Use of Vegetation in Fluvial Geomorphology (Mark Riedel, Baird Background and Associates) When to use dendrochronology and what can it tell you 9:30 9:45 BREAK 9:45 10:45 Dendrochronology Methods and (Mark Riedel, Baird Interpreting Growth Patterns/Rings and Associates) 10:45 11:00 BREAK 11:00 12:00 Examples (Mark Riedel, Baird Nemadji River, MN Reconstructing fluvial history and Associates) and land forms Trinity River, TX Quantifying short and mid-term river stability and morphologic behavior END OF CLASS
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